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Some of the more eagle eyed among you may already have noticed change on the horizon. Some of you who are too concerned with rigging BJSC and/or listening to shit music on the other hand may not have noticed this change. Anywho, the forum recognition this month goes to someone who hasn't merely been excellent this month, or this year, or even this decade, but rather has been a near ever present force for the duration of Buzzjack, helping to shape and grow the community we all love into what it is today.

It is with a great deal of regret that we have to announce that Jester (Matt) has decided to resign as a Global Mod. Matt has been a part of the management team for many years, as both an Admin and as a Global Mod. He has also been an invaluable member of the chart team, including overseeing this keystone of Buzzjack as a GM since February of last year (Killers reference there!).

Matt’s major passion on Buzzjack has always been the charts. Unfortunately, the move of the Chart Show to Friday has made life harder for many chart enthusiasts, including Matt. Therefore, all complaints about losing such an important member of the team should be addressed to the British music industry and the OCC. I'm sure they will treat your complaint with all the care, attention and diligence to which we have become accustomed for their every deed. Oh.

As a member of the Management Team, Matt has always been more than willing to help newcomers to the team. His wise words and advice will be missed. He imparted his vast knowledge without patronising or judgement. Management will truly be a different place without him.

Many thanks for all your work Matt, and we hope to see you continuing to contribute to Buzzjack as a mere PLEB for the foreseeable future. If we had a Hall of Fame, your name would be near the top of the list. We do at least have the Buzzjack Community Award and so it seems only fitting that we bestow upon a THIRD (!!) one. It's even golden, so we really are milking the retirement thing DRY. Nothing is too good for you.

Also, I felt it was only fitting to ask some of your CO-WORKERS to say a few words too, so here goes (Suedey helped write the above, so that was his contribution in case you thought he didn't care):

JosephStyles
Ever since I joined Buzzjack, I've been reading and getting involved with the chart show thread, it was a regular fixture of my Sunday afternoons for 3 years until the move to Friday of course, and your hard work in that time, Matt, was most certainly not unnoticed by myself. I can particularly appreciate it now that I've taken over your job there! It's a lot of fun and rewarding but equally it's quite thankless a lot of the time, so to run that for so long is amazing and I hope I can do the job justice. In general, I've always found you to be approachable and friendly, especially when I've asked you for the posters' chart info when covering for Jack It's such a shame that you've decided to move on from being a GM but I really hope to see you around the forum more. Thanks for the incredibly warm welcome to the chart forum mod team also, you helped me feel right at home from the get-go. I guess there's only really one way I can end this....... SHOO!

Rooney
Thank you for everything you have done for this site Matt. On a BuzzJack, and a personal level your valued input will be sorely missed. I really hope that you stepping down does not push you away from the site, because you are one of it's pillars. It's been a blast, and I hope being a normal member for the first ever time on BuzzJack will treat you well!

Iz
I would just like to add my huge thanks to Matt for all your years of service and dedication to being part of the management team on Buzzjack. A fixture of the site’s responsible figures since I’ve joined, you’ve been a pleasure to work with and great value for discussion within and without the management forums. Buzzjack won’t be the same without you behind the scenes, but I hope you do stick around as much as you can for the future. It wouldn't do to completely disappear and I'd miss PRoJ's variety

Johnkm (me)
It truly feels like the end of an era. I remember how nervous I was when I became a GM and you were there to help me through those early, slightly difficult steps and I have always respected you greatly for that. You've been here as long as I've been part of the place, and much longer (sorry to make you sound old, but you totally are) so it really will be a huge gap for someone to try and fill. Your influence outside of management will also be missed, especially in BJSC where PRoJ could always (ok, mostly) be relied on for some hot alternative flopping action. I know you don't intend to leave us completely, but please do stick around and keep us all on our toes.

Gezza
Sad to see you go, more buzzjack than even lady buzzjack herself. Keep in touch and keep posting, your clear love of the charts and the chart forum was always appreciated and as a GM you could always be relied upon to be fair and even handed. A true gent.

Bra
Jester has been one of the site's most consistent assets since long before the time I joined (when we initially got off on the wrong foot thanks to my being a complete waste of sperm back in 2009), especially recently as he has been effective in shooing JosephStyles from the chart forum whenever he posts his highly questionable opinions. It's a great shame to see him hanging up the global moderation hat - I predict it can only be minutes before the chart forum is entirely overrun by wrong opinions were he ever to leave us completely - but ultimately he's done us a great service and it's only right he claim his ex-mod benefits such as having an edit line. We can only hope Johnkm is next to go.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will end by revisiting my 2014 rate Sketch for R Matt, which still holds true to this day:

http://sketchtoy.com/62550409

Jester's global mod run: not too shabby.